issues the wall is a central political issue that the president has organized the republican party around. i think that they believe voters are much more motivated by those issues than they are by russia. >> remind us, cnn's polling the opposition to the wall is two to one against this being a necessity. >> republican vote rrs support e president on the wall. >> those are national figures cht independent voters have a very similar ratio against the wall. >> he's created this problem for himself. he is the one who has demagogued this and convinced the conservative base that this is a crisis. you have the voters who are most engaged who are going to make the most noise who 100% believe that this wall will solve their problems. >> his strategy has consistently targeted. if i can ask you, the president has been sitting on this for months. we should note he is leaving for